Posted By isfew Of late my organisation has subsidiaries sprouting up all over the place in the uk. My "concern" is that such issues regarding health, safety and the environment of course still need to be dealt with in the same way as the "mother ship". Can anyone point me in the direction of some guidance to help or perhaps offer some personal advice.

Posted By Robert. If "mother" has general procedures in place then satelite stations should adopt same with their local agreed variations / responsibilities to safety etc. You could even go as far as requesting the local senior manager(s) to endorse and sign up to the (mother)Safety Policy. eg There may be a procedure for approval of contractors and suppliers, but geographically the suppliers may be different. Likewise the localised fire / security /first aid arrangements and responsibilities. Although formats and procedures like risk assessment, accident, incident reporting, manual handling, lone working, COSHH etc etc should be the same throughout the group. Doing it that way makes it easier (?) to audit. Is that the kind of pointer you were after? Regards

Posted By isfew All - Many thanks for your input. It confirms that I am thinking along the right lines. Its great to use this site as a sounding board. Ian.